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Category: Sun Belt Conference

Carl Pelini is right, any progress made by FAU this season will not be measured by whether it wins one or two or three games but more by where this team stands after Dec. 1 in relation to where it was in August.

But, if FAU could squeeze out another win or two or possibly three, what a boost that would be, especially considering Pelini’s observation this week that his team …

FAU coach Carl Pelini lamented the 11 penalties that the Owls committed in their 35-17 loss at ULM Saturday, saying there is no excuse for the motion penalties but hinting the officials need to get used to FAU’s physical style the play in the defensive secondary.…

Louisiana-Monroe quarterback Kolton Browning will start for the third straight year against FAU on Saturday. Browning is 2-0 against the Owls, the latest when ULM embarrassed FAU, 26-0, last season in the final game of Howard Schnellenberger’s career.

Browning is 41-of-65 for 465 yards and three TDs in his career against the Owls. He also has two interceptions and has rushed for 60 yards.…

Florida Atlantic’s off week comes at a good time considering its next opponent is the team that has garnered the most praise in the Sun Belt and may have had the best month in conference history – Louisiana-Monroe.…

Carl Pelini probably will throw out the film from the Owls’ 40-7 loss to Alabama and truly start to evaluate his team now that it will face mostly conference opponents.

When asked today if he believed his team improved while being outscored 96-27 in games at Georgia and Alabama, Pelini said: “It’s hard to gauge in a game like last week. I do want to be a better football team this …

When FAU was looking for a catchy theme for its new stadium a year ago it thought of how Georgia has made a cottage industry of its unique shrubbery that surround the field at Sanford Stadium, thus playing games ‘Between the Hedges.’…

FAU athletic director Pat Chun had a meet-and-greet with members of the media Thursday and he made it clear he has a vision for taking this program to the next level.

Areas Chun said that are at the top his list: improving the academic center and finding naming rights for the stadium. Of course, establishing a marketing and fund-raising plan will be an ongoing process.

Florida Atlantic was picked to finish ninth by the Sun Belt Conference coaches, one spot ahead of first year member and last place pick South Alabama.

The preseason poll has Florida International winning the conference, followed by Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette. The Owls, coming of a 1-11 season and starting a new era under first year coach Carl Pelini, have lost 10 consecutive Sun Belt games dating back to the final …

The FAU athletic department will take another punch to the gut when it becomes official that FIU is leaving the Sun Belt Conference for Conference-USA.

How much more can FAU take in one year?: Arguably the nation’s worst football program in the division formerly known as I-A, an underachieving basketball program that is 0-for-March in the last four years, the firing of its athletic director and now this, being left out …